25 Years After 9/11, Legal Battles Drag On

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, sprawling litigation to hold foreign governmental bodies and financial institutions responsible continues to wind its way through the court system, and the alleged mastermind of the attacks is yet to face trial.

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SThree Rejects Circle8 Offer To Create Nearly $3B Recruiter

By Al Barbarino

British specialist recruitment company SThree rejected an unsolicited takeover proposal from U.S.-based Circle8 Group on Friday, saying it significantly undervalued the business, although Circle8 can still make a firm offer for the company under U.K. takeover rules.

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Conduent Settles Claims Over Data Breach That Affected 44M

By George Woolston

Conduent Business Services LLC has reached a deal to resolve plaintiffs' claims in a proposed class action alleging it failed to adequately protect sensitive personal and health information of more than 44 million individuals, according to filings from both parties.

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Volvo Averts EV Defect Suit Over Kansas Buyers' NJ Claims

By Emily Field

A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday dismissed a proposed class action brought by a Kansas married couple alleging that the rear auto brake and dashboard drive display features in certain Volvo electric vehicles are defective, finding there's no connection to the Garden State aside from the automaker's corporate headquarters.

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Analysis

Prediction Markets' High Court Clash Looks More Imminent

By Alex Lawson

The widespread clash over whether the regulation of prediction markets falls under federal or state jurisdiction was bound to land in the U.S. Supreme Court, and a new circuit split and urgent policy questions may force the justices' hands to take up the issue.

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Roundup

Real Estate Recap: Due Process And Data Centers

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including the latest lawsuits from developers around the country arguing for their constitutional rights to build data centers.

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SEC Says $16M Ponzi Scheme Targeted Ghanaian Community

By Sydney Price

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a New Jersey man and his two companies of targeting a Ghanaian community to fraudulently raise $16 million, most of which was used for personal expenses and Ponzi-like investor payments.

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Exploding Home Sauna Suit Clears Damages Concerns

By Jonathan Capriel

A New Jersey woman will get to proceed with her product liability lawsuit claiming an at-home sauna spontaneously exploded, after a federal judge accepted Friday her argument that a jury could award her tens of millions of dollars, so the amount in controversy would not fall below the statutory minimum.

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Cooley, Investor Settle NJ Malpractice Suit Over Startup Deal

By Jake Maher

Cooley LLP and an investor who had accused the firm of malpractice over a deal to invest in a dry-cleaning delivery startup have resolved the case, they told a New Jersey federal court this week.

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Retailers Must Navigate State Innocent-Seller Law Patchwork

States' innocent-seller statutes can shield nonmanufacturing retailers from product liability claims to varying degrees, and by building the evidentiary record strategically throughout discovery, companies can improve their chances of obtaining summary judgment — but it is essential to stay abreast of the rapidly evolving policy environment, say attorneys at Chamberlain Hrdlicka.

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Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes more accessible, the failure to use it when uploading highly confidential materials into artificial intelligence tools will become increasingly difficult to defend as reasonable, say attorneys at Lewis Brisbois.

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Big Biz Coalition Backs Litigation Funding Disclosure Rule

By Ryan Boysen

Big U.S. businesses and insurers like Amazon, Anthropic, Chubb and Walmart asked the federal judiciary on Monday to tighten disclosure requirements for litigation finance, claiming the lack of guardrails allows funders to operate "in the shadows."

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Indiana Atty Hit With $10K Sanction Over False Citations

By Andrea Keckley

An Indiana federal judge on Friday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to sanction a local attorney $10,000 after finding that five briefs in a consumer credit case included citations to nonexistent cases.

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Jackson Lewis Removes Ex-Atty's Bias Suit To Federal Court

By Patrick Hoff

Jackson Lewis PC has moved a former associate's suit accusing the firm of refusing to accommodate her temporary work restrictions following her medical leave to California federal court, saying state court wasn't the right venue for dispute.

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Bove Rejects Recusal Bid Tied To DOJ Whistleblower Claims

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove declined Monday to recuse himself in a Third Circuit immigration case, saying the attorneys for the petitioner are "recycling a failed pre-confirmation political smear" on him.

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State Farm Attorney Sanctioned $999.99 For AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

An attorney for State Farm who filed several motions citing nonexistent cases and fabricated quotes generated by AI software must pay a $999.99 sanction, a Los Angeles judge ruled, an amount one cent below the threshold that would have triggered a mandatory notice to the State Bar of California under state law.

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Brief

Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Gets 10 Months For Tax Crimes

By Craig Clough

A Connecticut federal judge Monday sentenced a former Moses & Singer LLP partner to 10 months of imprisonment and ordered him to pay more than $3.1 million for failing to file personal income tax returns, the U.S. attorney's office announced.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes over allegedly fabricated board approvals at a telecom infrastructure startup, insider trading and child safety at Roblox Corp. and ownership of artificial intelligence technology used in legal proceedings.

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